Don Marchildon: Liberals are poisoning the political discourse

Posted: Saturday, April 21, 2007

A Wednesday letter, "Regent University may be the real key to 'Gonzogate,' " referred to the ongoing controversy over the firing of federal prosecutors as "Gonzogate." "Gonzo" is a fairly derogatory term, used to refer to a genre of pornography.

Now, for those who failed Civics 101, the president can fire federal prosecutors any time, for any reason. Presidents have fired these politically appointed prosecutors as a matter of history and tradition. There is no crime or wrongdoing by the Bush administration here. It is a circular "witch hunt" by the Democrats to try to get at presidential adviser Karl Rove, their longtime nemesis and political adversary.

Nonetheless, the writer of Wednesday's letter chooses to move into another area reserved for "progressive" types. He chooses to try and destroy the reputation of a law school and its graduates by pointing out that more than 150 lawyers from the Regent University School of Law, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson, have served in the Bush administration. The letter notes U.S. News & World Report lists Regent University's law school in the bottom tier of its rankings. One wonders how far from the bottom tier this particular magazine ranks.

While the writer is concerned that too many graduates of Regents University law school work in the Bush administration, I wonder if he's also concerned that more than 95 percent of Supreme Court law clerks are from Ivy League schools. That's not a very broad representation of the country as a whole - unless, of course, you choose to bow and worship before Yale, Harvard and the rest of that crowd.